Reel for metal box-straps



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Patented Nov. 25, 1890.

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REEL FOR METAL BOX STRAPS.

No. 441,356. Patented Nov. 25, 1890.

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SPENCER C. CARY, OF BALDVIN, QUEENS COUNTY, ASSIGNOR TO TILL-IAM Il. VANDERBILT, OF BROOKLYN, NET YORK.

REEL FOR IVIETAL BOX-STRAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,356, dated November 25, 1890.

Application filed February 19, 1890. Renewed October 16, 1890. Serial No. 368,261. (No model.) i

To @ZZ whom it irl/ay con/cern:

Be it known that I, SPENCER C. CARY, of

Baldwin, county of Queens, State of New York,

a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and usef ullrnprovem ents in Reels for Metal BOX-Straps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a reel for metal box-straps; and it consists in the combination of devices hereinafter described, and as more at length recited in the claims.

Figure l is a side elevation of a reel device containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the same on line Fig. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same on line y y, Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the reel device in position at a right angle to that shown in Fig. l, and Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the reel-stand.

A is a base or standard, and a a are two uprights rising perpendicularly from the base and parallel to each other and adapted to receive and permit play thereof between them of the hereinafter-described spool of coiled box-strap. Between the uprights on the base or standard is a shoe or bearing-surface B, which is inclined to the plane of the under face of said base, and the face of which is preferably a curve, as shown.

At a are slots which are similarly formedone in each upright-so that they register with each other therein, and the longitudinal diameters of these slots are in the direction perpendicular to the face of the shoe B or to the chord of the arc described thereby when the shoeface is curved, as set forth.

C is the spool upon which the metal strap is coiled, as at c. The spool is journaled loosely upon a shaft c', having loose bearings in the corresponding slots a in the uprights a. The shaft c is preferably threaded at c2 and provided with a nut c3 on said threaded end to permit the shaft to be unseated when it is desired to remove or replace the spool C.

The uprights c are preferably of a length or height to adapt them to reach to and somewhat beyond the circumference of a full spool of strap, as shown, and the outer ends of the uprights are desirably united by a cross-bar It is furthermore preferable that the uprights be constituted of a lower portion a., rigid on the base, and an upper portion'c, adapted to play longitudinally in or upon the 5 5 rigid portion a, the upper or outer ends of the portions a3 being` vunited by the cross-bar co2. This is desirably accomplished by forming the parts c3 and the cross-bar a2 of a piece of metal rod,which is bent upon itself, the parts 6c a3 having at their ends the lateral lugs a4 and being seated in apertures or grooves d5 in the portions a. of the upright-s, which portions ce are slotted longitudinally to permit the play therein of the lugs a4, respectively. The base may be slotted at c at the lower ends Of the longitudinal slots a7, so that the parts a2 and the cross-bar may be withdrawn or seated through the base.

The innersides of the uprigh ts a, Where they' 7o meet the shoe B, are desirably inclined inwardly toward the shoe-face, as shown at a8.

It is evident that when the spool of strap is in position on it-s shaft between the uprights the direction of the slots a', in which 75 the said shaft has bearing, will permit and enable the coil to rest by gravity upon the face of the shoe B, as illustrated iu the drawings, this result being effected Whether the reel device is placed horizontally with its base 8o resting on a floor or placed vertically with its base hung against a Wall, post, or other such support, .as shown in Fig. 4t. It is also evident that spools having upon them straps of different widths may be placed successively in the same reel-stand, and when seated will be prevented from binding at their edges against t-he inner sides of the uprights, but, by means of the inclined portions a8 on the uprights, will be seated centrally on the shoe 9o B between the uprights. Itis also evident that as the strap is uncoiled from the spool the play of the spool-shaft in the slots a will enable the circumference of the remainder of the coil to continue by gravity to rest and bear upon the shoe, thus preventing the coil from unwinding by the tension of the metal strap When the reel is idle, and, furthermore, that when the reel is idle the cross-bar a? may serve to detain the free end of the straprco coil, as shown in the several gures of the drawings.

It will be noted that when the uprights are formed with the upper portions a3 having playin or on the fixed lower portions a as the coil is unwound the movable parts a3 may be forced or be permitted to drop by gravity longitudinally, as set forth, and the cross-bar a2 be thus .maintained in contact with the eirc-umference of the coil as the coil diminishes in diameter, and thus act to detain the free end of the coil until it is Wholly consumed.

Vhat I claim as my invention7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a reel device for metal box-straps, the combination, with a base A, of a shoe B, the bearing-face of which is inclined to the plane of the under face of said base, and the uprights a', parallel to each other on said base on either side of said shoe and provided with corresponding slots a', the longitudinal diameters of which are in the direction perpendicular to the bearing-face of said shoe, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a reel device for metal box-straps, the combination, with a base A, of a shoe B, the bearing-face of which is inclined to the plane of the under face of said base, and the uprights a, parallel to each other on said base on either side of said shoe, and having the portions of their inner faces a8 inclined in Wardly toward the shoe-face, and provided with corresponding slots a', the longitudinal diameters of which are in the directionperpendicular to the bearing-face of said shoe, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In a reel device for metal boX-straps,the combination, with a base A, of a shoe B, the bearing-face of which is inclined to t-he plane of the under face of said base, the upright-s a, parallel to each other on said base on either side of said shoe and adapted in height to extend to the circumference of a spool of boxstrap C, seated between them on said shoe, and provided with corresponding slots ct', the longitudinal .diameters of which are in the direction perpendicular to the bearing-face of said shoe, and the cross-bar a2, rigidly uniting the outer ends of said uprights, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a reel device for metal box-straps, the

eombinatiomwith a base A, having a shoe B,

Whose bearing-face is inclined to the under face of said base, of two uprights on said base on either side of said shoe, and composed ot' the lower portions a, rigid on the base, and

the upper portions a3, united at their upperl Witnesses:

A. S. FITCH, A. T. FALEs. 

